| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第8-15页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第15-32页 |
| 1.1. Proposed Research | 第20-22页 |
| 1.2. Methodology | 第22-28页 |
| 1.3. Structure | 第28-29页 |
| 1.4. Why this topic? | 第29-32页 |
| 2. Literature Review | 第32-54页 |
| 2.1. Changes of distribution of power in the International Relations Literature | 第33-46页 |
| 2.1.1. Realist School | 第33-41页 |
| 2.1.2. The English and Constructivist Schools | 第41-42页 |
| 2.1.3. The Liberal School | 第42-43页 |
| 2.1.4. Other Theories | 第43-46页 |
| 2.2. Peaceful Power Transition Literature | 第46-49页 |
| 2.3. Specific cases of power transitions in the International Relations Literature:United Kingdom-United States and United States-China | 第49-54页 |
| 2.3.1. United Kingdom and the United States in Power Transition | 第49-50页 |
| 2.3.2. United States and China in Power Transition | 第50-53页 |
| 2.3.3. United Kingdom-United States-China in power transition | 第53-54页 |
| 3. US and the UK in Power Transition (1866-1945) and the UK and Wilhelmine Germany inPower Transition (1871-1918) | 第54-106页 |
| 3.1. Introduction | 第54-55页 |
| 3.2. From Enemies to Allies:US and the UK relations in Power Transition (1866-1945) | 第55-83页 |
| 3.2.1. Relations before 1866:War and Disputes | 第55-59页 |
| 3.2.2. 1866-1914:The rising of the US and the myth of the "Great Rapprochement" | 第59-67页 |
| 3.2.3. 1914-1918:The Great War and the "unreliable" US | 第67-70页 |
| 3.2.4. 1919-1939:A Misunderstood Period | 第70-74页 |
| 3.2.5. 1939-1945:The Decisive Years | 第74-79页 |
| 3.2.6. Connecting the US and UK Power Transition and the initial Hypothesis:What can be learnt? | 第79-83页 |
| 3.3. A warlike Transition Counterpart:Rising Wilhelmine Germany and the UK in Power Transition(1871-1918) | 第83-103页 |
| 3.3.1. Relations before 1871:The European Brothers | 第83-87页 |
| 3.3.2.1971-1988:The Equilibrium under Bismarck | 第87-89页 |
| 3.3.3.1888-1914:Wilhelm Ⅱ and his Weltpolitik | 第89-101页 |
| 3.3.4. Connecting the UK and German warful Power Transition and the initial Hypothesis: What can be learnt? | 第101-103页 |
| 3.4. Conclusions:Causes and Conditions that made possible the Peaceful Power Transition between the US and the UK in a comparative perspective | 第103-106页 |
| 4. China's Peaceful Development and the United States nowadays:Are we actually movingtowards a Power Transition? | 第106-153页 |
| 4.1. Introduction | 第106-112页 |
| 4.2. The United States:A Declining Hegemon? | 第112-131页 |
| 4.2.1 Economic Power:A Delicate Equilibrium | 第113-115页 |
| 4.2.2. Military Power | 第115-121页 |
| 4.2.3. Social Decay | 第121-124页 |
| 4.2.4. Political Power | 第124-127页 |
| 4.2.5. International Perception of American Power and Soft Power | 第127-131页 |
| 4.3. China:A rising Power? | 第131-147页 |
| 4.3.1. The economic re-rising of China | 第132-138页 |
| 4.3.2. Military Power | 第138-140页 |
| 4.3.3. Social Confidence | 第140-142页 |
| 4.3.4. Political Power | 第142-143页 |
| 4.3.5. China's International Image and Soft Power:a Mysterious Country | 第143-147页 |
| 4.4. Conclusions | 第147-153页 |
| 5. Opportunities and Obstacles for a Peacefhl Power Transitions between China and the US | 第153-175页 |
| 5.1 The United States and China Relations(1990-2016):No Friends,No enemies | 第153-161页 |
| 5.2. Comparing Cases:UK-US Power and UK-Wilhemine Power Transition vs.US-China Power Transition | 第161-169页 |
| 5.2.1. Similarities and differences with UK-US Peaceful Transition | 第161-166页 |
| 5.2.2. Similarities and differences with UK-Wilhelmine Germany Warlike Transition | 第166-169页 |
| 5.3. China and the United States in transition:Obstacles and Opportunities in a Crucial Moment | 第169-172页 |
| 5.3.1. Opportunities | 第169-171页 |
| 5.3.2. Obstacles | 第171-172页 |
| 5.4. Conclusions:Lessons from the past | 第172-175页 |
| 6. Developing a Peaceful Power Transition Theory | 第175-180页 |
| 6.1. Are there enough bases to develop a Peaceful Power Transition Theory? | 第175-177页 |
| 6.2. Theoretical potential of this comparative study | 第177-180页 |
| 7. Conclusions | 第180-190页 |
| Extrapolating the initial hypothesis to the relations between China and the US | 第180-183页 |
| Towards a Peaceful Power Transition:Recommendations | 第183-187页 |
| What does the future hold? | 第187-190页 |
| Bibliography | 第190-208页 |
